The Meltzone

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Backlash Compensation & Auto Bed Leveling May 24, 2019

Show notes

Tom and Stefan talk about PPE (Personal Protective Equipment), 3D printer nozzle wear and vapor smoothing. The news section covers the question if bio plastics are not as biodegradable as advertised and Prusas newest release of their slicer, now called PrusaSlicer. Both talk about the necessity of backlash compensation that Lulzbot just announced for their new printers. In the Topic Of The Week, they discuss Auto Bed Leveling and if it’s cleaner to just level the bed properly in the first place manually. Question cover, if you can over-dry your filaments and if and how you can print g-code that was pre-sliced for another nozzle diameter.

Drop your questions for upcoming episodes in the comments on YouTube or tweet them @TheMeltzone.

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Thomas Sanladerer
Stefan (CNC Kitchen)

Support us on Patreon:
Tom
Stefan

Intro Jingle by Thomas Herrmann

SHOW NOTES

The Olsson Nozzle Tool
Bio Plastics (GER)
PrusaSlicer
Lulzbot backlash compensation
Marlin backlash compensation
Lulzbot Z-axis issue

Shilling on YouTube and issues with PrusaPrinters.org May 12, 2019

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In this super-sized episode, Stefan and Tom dissect the potential issues of Prusa’s new model and gcode sharing site prusaprinters.org and talk about the ever-newsworthy topics of 3D printed glass, organs and “large” metal drone frames. Projects this week include the modular Mendel9000, advanced heated bed investigations and wearing down nozzles on purpose.
And the big topic: Can you trust YouTubers to give their honest opinion? We show how companies try to influence what influencers tell you about products and what our stance is on neutrality.

Drop your questions for upcoming episodes in the comments on YouTube or tweet them @TheMeltzone.

Subscribe to the main channels:
Thomas Sanladerer
Stefan (CNC Kitchen)

Support us on Patreon:
Tom
Stefan

Intro Jingle by Thomas Herrmann

SHOW NOTES

Prusa’s new website
3D printed glass
3D printed “UAV”/Quadcopter/Drone
3D printed heart
Matterhackers coated beds
iFixit pressured by Samsung [DE]
Tom’s sponsorship terms

How much material tuning do we do & silicone molds Apr 18, 2019

Show notes

Tom and Stefan recap the last in-car recorded podcast episode and what they were doing in the 2 weeks after MRRF2019.

Tom is improving his live stream gear and Stefan tried to silicone cast his own hotend silicone socks. This episodes news cover their efforts to replace their current video editing software with DaVinci Resolve 16, the World of Tanks DMCA Takedown that happened on Thingiverse, Article 13 status and Makerbots Red Dot Design Award.

Both are discussing how much material tuning they usually do for their prints and what a good approach could be.

SHOW NOTES

Thingiverse – World of Tanks DMCA Takedown
Makerbot Method RedDot Award
BlackMagic DeckLink Quad HDMI
Elgato Cam Link 4K (aff)
High Temperaure Silicone (DE only) (aff)

MRRF2019 Recap! Apr 05, 2019

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This week, Stefan and Thomas use their 3-hour drive back from the Midwest RepRap Festival to recap all the awesome community projects and products they saw there!

"Get rich quick" with 3D printing / Meetups / Gearbest Dataleak Mar 19, 2019

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A new epdisode of the Meltzone Podcast has landed!

Stefan and Tom talk about the highlights from Make Munich and what to expect from the upcoming MRRF, as well as their experiences with adding threads to 3D printed parts.

Fiat has announced a customizable car (using 3D printed parts), E3D have announced their impossibly long Supervolcano hotend and Gearbest have release a huge dataset of their customer data into the wild – unintentionally. We hope.

Lastly, Stefan and Tom talk about way to make money with 3D printing and also about the ways you should probably avoid when trying to generate income in the maker ecosystem.

4:07 Shaper Origin
12:00 Tiny PCB Mill
17:57 MRRF 2019
28:02 Projects
39:43 News
1:00:10 Make Money with 3D Printing

SHOW NOTES

E3D Supervolcano
Fiat Centoventi
Update on Artillery3D vs. The Community

E3D Nozzle X Drama, Article 13 & 3D Scanners Feb 25, 2019

Show notes

On this news-packed episode Tom and Stefan talk about E3Ds Nozzle X drama and their new slicer Pathio as well as the ruthless marketing campaigns of some 3D printer manufacturers.

The EU is about to vote on a new copyright law where Tom explains why this will be harmful for them as creators and for the general freedom of speech of everyone.

Tom installed a new ventilation system in his studio because he had the suspicion that SLA resin fumes caused him having problems working there for longer periods of time.

Both have already been working with different types of 3D scanners and outline which techniques there are and what you can use them for.

Nozzle X drama

Stolen pictures from FilamentFrenzy

Pathio

Photogrammetry videos

Einscan 3D Scanner(aff)

New high-speed 3D printer / S3D upgrade fees / CNC experiments Feb 10, 2019

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Should Simplify 3D cost (more money)?
Is the newly announce “superfast” resin 3D printer approach actually practical?
Are we all being infiltrated by Xiaomi and Huawei?

Those very important questions and more are being discussed by Stefan and Tom in this Episode of the Meltzone!

Stefan also talks about his plans to open-source his Universal Test Machine, why Tom goes into details of YouTube’s broken video processing queue.

SHOW NOTES

S3D costs money

anndddd now the greedy people over at S3D want us to actually pay AGAIN for the already 150$ expensive slicer that WE already bought ONCE , what the hell @3dmakernoob @joeltelling @FilamentFrenzy @makersmuse @toms3dp pic.twitter.com/mYuXT37hQS
— GrumpyDude (@SBnger) January 31, 2019

The new superfast resin 3D printer

Gadget of the week

Huawei Bluetooth Earbuds
Xiaomi Amazfit Bit Smartwatch

Stefan’s video on smart infill
Tom’s video on milling PCBs

Stepper VS Servo & has 3D printing made the world a better place? Jan 25, 2019

Show notes

Tom and Stefan talk about their travel plans to MRRF 2019. Tom explains how he’s getting back into PCB design and what techniques can be used to manufacture them. They discuss the differences between stepper motors and servo motors and if 3D printers could become better if they used servo motors.They also speak about if 3D printing is making the world a better place or if it’s only creating more waste. Finally they answer viewer questions on 3D printing education, materials for car parts and their video editing software of choice.

Our MRRF 2019 arrival and departure times:
▼ Fr., 03/29, 1:30 pm: Chicago O’Hare
▲ Mo., 04/01, 4:00 pm: Chicago O’Hare

3D Meetup UK

Educational programs (some of many more):

(GERMANY)

(USA)

Virginia Tech: https://dreams.mii.vt.edu/
Penn State

Intro Jingle by Thomas Herrmann

Getting snowed in and our wishlist for 2019! Jan 08, 2019

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It’s the first episode of 2019!

Along with a 3D printing wishlist for 2019, Tom and Stefan discuss their current capabilities of driving in the snow and moan about doing taxes. But also, about whether printing ABS still makes sense in today’s landscape of advanced materials, their plans for MRRF 2019 and what 3D printers and 3D printing projects they’ve been working on!

SHOW NOTES

MRRF 2019
Solid-state dehumidifer on bigclivedotcom

"The Makerbot Method" and our year as YouTube creators Dec 19, 2018

Show notes

Stefan talks about his upcoming project on paste extrusion and his Dremel 3D45 printer he’s testing. He discusses with Tom the “Makerbot Method” and what could make it different from other currently available 3D printers. Furthermore they argue weather PLA or PETG is their material of choice and what the advantages and disadvantages of both are. Finally they both talk about their year as a YouTube creator, what they think is going on with platform at the moment and the gap between the content they “want” to make and what they “should” actually make to get views.

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Linear Actuator Stepper Motor
Dremel 3D45 (aff)
The Makerbot Method
YouTube Rewind
Corridor YouTube channel